Two outlets going all out

Route 9 sites growing, but mum on tenants

Eric Anderso, Times Union

By Eric Anderson

Published 8:47 pm, Friday, July 25, 2014

A cardboard sign is seen in the window of an outlet store building being constructed along Route 9, on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, in Queensbury, N.Y. Along with the construction of new outlet stores some of the existing outlet store buildings are being remodeled. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

Shoppers make their way from outlet stores along Route 9, on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, in Queensbury, N.Y. Along with the construction of new outlet stores some of the existing outlet store buildings are being remodeled. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

A view of a newly constructed outlet store building, foreground, along Route 9, with the existing outlet stores seen in the background on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, in Queensbury, N.Y. Along with the construction of new outlet stores some of the existing outlet store buildings are being remodeled. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

A view of the newly constructed outlet stores along Route 9, on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, in Queensbury, N.Y. Along with the construction of new outlet stores some of the existing outlet store buildings are being remodeled. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

Construction materials are seen in the parking lot of the newly constructed outlet store buildings along Route 9, on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, in Queensbury, N.Y. Along with the construction of new outlet stores some of the existing outlet store buildings are being remodeled. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

Two outlet center operators along Route 9 have been expanding their retail space, but with summer in full swing, neither is yet ready to announce who the new tenants might be.

"Some stores are starting buildout now," said Corey Shanus of Sobert Realty, which operates The Outlets at Lake George. "The construction is more or less done. We're still leasing it," he added.

"We're trying to be very selective in putting tenants together," Shanus added.

Farther up the road, the Outlet Shoppes of Lake George is building the first 30,000-square-foot phase of its planned 120,000-square-foot outlet center expansion.

It, too, is not yet ready to announce the new occupants.

The Outlets at Lake George, formerly known as the Lake George Plaza Outlet Center, expanded across Route 9 after acquiring the former Montcalm Restaurant and razing it.

Shanus said more than $2 million has been invested in rehabilitating the center.

An underground parking garage has been spruced up to make it more inviting, and a crosswalk was installed across Route 9 to connect the building that replaced the Montcalm with the original outlet building on the east side of Route 9.

Shanus said a ramp links the building on the Montcalm site to another outlet center, French Mountain Commons.

David Kenny, meanwhile, is developing the Outlet Shoppes of Lake George. While Lake George appears in the names of both outlet centers, the buildings are in Queensbury. Kenny also is developing a Marriott Courtyard Inn in Lake George.